Patents by Inventor John Ho

John Ho has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260120509
    Abstract: A radar transmit antenna of a head mounted device transmits a transmission radar signal to a face-region. A radar receiver antenna of the head mounted device receives a return radar signal from the face-region. The return radar signal is matched to a selected expression signal included in a plurality of expression signals stored in an expression database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: John Ho, Jiang Zhu, Wei Huang, Boon Shiu, Bruno Cendon Martin
  • Patent number: 12582827
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Publication number: 20260024920
    Abstract: A wearable device including a physical processor and a textile band that is dimensioned to secure the wearable device to a user and that comprises an antenna. The wearable device also includes a coupler that communicatively couples the antenna to the physical processor. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Ho, Wenjing Su, Jiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12431632
    Abstract: A wearable device including a physical processor and a textile band that is dimensioned to secure the wearable device to a user and that comprises an antenna. The wearable device also includes a coupler that communicatively couples the antenna to the physical processor. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Ho, Wenjing Su, Jiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12400478
    Abstract: A radar transmit antenna of a head mounted device transmits a transmission radar signal to a face-region. A radar receiver antenna of the head mounted device receives a return radar signal from the face-region. The return radar signal is matched to a selected expression signal included in a plurality of expression signals stored in an expression database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Ho, Jiang Zhu, Wei Huang, Boon Shiu, Bruno Cendon Martin
  • Publication number: 20250252876
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) a support structure, (2) a lens, mounted to the support structure, (3) a power source, and (4) a multi-microdevice unit, positioned on the lens, that includes a first microdevice powered by a first type of current, a second microdevice powered by a second type of current, and a microconverter. The power source may transmit the first type of current to the multi-microdevice where the first type of current is received by the first microdevice and by the microconverter. The microconverter may convert the first type of current, received from the power source, to the second type of current and transmit the converted second type of current to the second microdevice within the multi-microdevice unit. Various other wearable devices, apparatuses, and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuo Morimoto, Jiang Zhu, Kuan Pei Yap, John Ho
  • Patent number: 12374940
    Abstract: A system comprising (1) a wireless charger configured to wirelessly transfer power within a coverage area, (2) a head-mounted display dimensioned to be worn by a user, wherein the head-mounted display is configured to obtain data indicative of a current position of the head-mounted display relative to the coverage area, and (3) at least one processing device configured to provide at least one indicator of an effective charging position for the head-mounted display relative to the coverage area based at least in part on the data. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventors: John Ho, Jiang Zhu, Duane Martin Evans, James Andrew Hammer
  • Publication number: 20250124738
    Abstract: An apparatus that facilitates and/or supports sensing facial expressions for avatar animation may include an eyewear frame dimensioned to be worn by a user. This apparatus may also include a plurality of radar devices secured to the eyewear frame. The plurality of radar devices may be configured to transmit a signal toward a facial feature of the user and/or to receive the signal from the facial feature of the user. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Saeed Farsi, Boon Shiu, Wei Huang, Jiang Zhu, John Ho
  • Publication number: 20240353532
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include (1) causing a radar component to emit one or more radar signals and (2) causing the radar component to analyze one or more return signals. Also disclosed is a method for forming a 3D liquid crystal polarization hologram optical element and a method for characterizing diffractive waveguides includes directing light onto a structure and measuring the diffracted light to capture at least one image of the structure. Lastly, disclosed is a method of pattering organic solid crystals and a method directing a beam of input light to a surface of an optical material to determine crystallographic and optical parameters of the optical material. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: John Ho, Jiang Zhu, Boon Shiu, Paurakh Rajbhandary, Yuge Huang, Lu Lu, Junren Wang, Mengfei Wang, Xiayu Feng, Zhexin Zhao, Steven Alexander-Boyd Hickman, Tingling Rao, Kimberly Kay Childress, Amir Shariffar, Sadegh Aghaei, Zhaoyu Nie, Prathmesh Deshmukh, Zhaocheng Liu, Raymond Smith, II, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Sawyer Miller, Hsien-Hui Cheng, Xuan Wang, Ali Altaqui, Zhuoliang Ni
  • Publication number: 20240297443
    Abstract: A wearable device including a physical processor and a textile band that is dimensioned to secure the wearable device to a user and that comprises an antenna. The wearable device also includes a coupler that communicatively couples the antenna to the physical processor. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: John Ho, Wenjing Su, Jiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240265732
    Abstract: A radar transmit antenna of a head mounted device transmits a transmission radar signal to a face-region. A radar receiver antenna of the head mounted device receives a return radar signal from the face-region. The return radar signal is matched to a selected expression signal included in a plurality of expression signals stored in an expression database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: John Ho, Jiang Zhu, Wei Huang, Boon Shiu, Bruno Cendon Martin
  • Patent number: 12015197
    Abstract: There is provided a metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network and method of designing such. The metamaterial textile comprising a sheet of metamaterial textile cut into a comb shape comprising long base with a plurality of metamaterial textile teeth extending along and from the base, wherein a gap is present between every two adjacent teeth, whereby, the metamaterial textile is configured to enable propagation of radio-surface plasmons wave along the metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network. The metamaterial textile is configured to control the height of the radio-surface plasmons wave by changing number of the metamaterial textile teeth, and changing dimensions of the metamaterial textile teeth and changing dimensions of the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: John Ho, Chee Keong Tee, Xi Tian, Pui Mun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240154465
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and devices for wirelessly transferring electrical power. In one scenario, a system is provided that may include a substrate and a transparent conductive material disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The transparent conductive material may include electrical traces formed into the material, and those electrical traces may be configured to conduct electrical power. The electrical traces are shaped into antennas that are configured to wirelessly transfer or receive electrical power. Other mobile electronic devices and apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: John Ho, Yasuo Morimoto, Boon Shiu, Wei Huang, Jiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240123253
    Abstract: Wirelessly powered photodynamic therapy devices are disclosed and systems and methods using such devices are also disclosed. In an embodiment, a photodynamic therapy system comprises: an implantable illumination device comprising a light source configured to emit light having a spectrum which overlaps with an absorption peak of an absorption target and a receiver antenna coupled to the light source and configured to extract power from a radiofrequency power signal incident on the implantable illumination device; and a transmitter comprising an antenna, a powering module configured to generate a drive signal which causes the antenna to generate the radiofrequency power signal, and a dosimetry module coupled to the antenna and configured to detect a radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device and determine an indication of the power extracted by the implantable illumination device from the radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: John HO, Yong ZHANG, Akshaya BANSAL, Fengyuan YANG, Xi TIAN
  • Patent number: 11896843
    Abstract: Wirelessly powered photodynamic therapy devices are disclosed and systems and methods using such devices are also disclosed. In an embodiment, a photodynamic therapy system comprises: an implantable illumination device comprising a light source configured to emit light having a spectrum which overlaps with an absorption peak of an absorption target and a receiver antenna coupled to the light source and configured to extract power from a radiofrequency power signal incident on the implantable illumination device; and a transmitter comprising an antenna, a powering module configured to generate a drive signal which causes the antenna to generate the radiofrequency power signal, and a dosimetry module coupled to the antenna and configured to detect a radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device and determine an indication of the power extracted by the implantable illumination device from the radiofrequency signal backscattered from the implantable illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: John Ho, Yong Zhang, Akshaya Bansal, Fengyuan Yang, Xi Tian
  • Publication number: 20240042222
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: 11771911
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: 11474601
    Abstract: In a described embodiment, a sensor-based communication apparatus (100) is disclosed. The communication apparatus (100) comprises a plurality of sensor nodes (112) associated with respective unique pulse signatures (200) and adapted to communicate with respective sensors (113) with each sensor (113) configured to generate a sensory signal (113a) in response to a respective stimulus (113b). Each sensor node (112) is triggered, upon receipt of the corresponding sensory signal (113a), to transmit the associated unique pulse signature (200) independently and asynchronously through a transmission medium (110) shared by the sensor nodes (112), and the unique pulse signatures (200) transmitted by the sensor nodes (112) being a representation (300) of a stimulus event associated with the stimuli detected by the corresponding sensors (113). A method and a communication medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Chee Keong Tee, Wang Wei Lee, Kian Ann Ng, John Ho
  • Publication number: 20210344109
    Abstract: There is provided a metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network and method of designing such. The metamaterial textile comprising a sheet of metamaterial textile cut into a comb shape comprising long base with a plurality of metamaterial textile teeth extending along and from the base, wherein a gap is present between every two adjacent teeth, whereby, the metamaterial textile is configured to enable propagation of radio-surface plasmons wave along the metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network. The metamaterial textile is configured to control the height of the radio-surface plasmons wave by changing number of the metamaterial textile teeth, and changing dimensions of the metamaterial textile teeth and changing dimensions of the gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: John HO, Chee Keong TEE, Xi TIAN, Pui Mun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210283406
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim